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Could a devastating surprise attack happen again?

December 5, 2022 by Richard Schulman 2 Comments

by Richard Schulman After December 7, 1941 (Pearl Harbor Day), Americans resolved that such a devastating surprise attack would never be allowed to happen again. Three generations later, that avowal had become forgotten. The surprise attack of 12/7 was followed by the no less deadly surprise attack of 9/11. Therefore, on this day of remembrance, […]

Filed Under: National security  Tagged: 9/11, CIA, FBI, Pearl Harbor

Our military and intelligence establishment is not using its tax dollars well

February 16, 2018 by Richard Schulman Leave a Comment

F-35 fighter plane: expensive white elephant?

The most important opinion piece published today is by Angelo Codevilla and addresses the disturbing reality of how poorly our military and intelligence establishment are performing relative to the taxpayer dollars Washington has been throwing their way. He concludes: It behooves all Americans, but especially those on the right, no longer to pretend that the […]

Filed Under: education, intelligence funding, military funding, Policy  Tagged: affirmative action, Angelo Codevilla, charter schools, Common Core, faculty diversity, FBI, freedom of speech, overlong schooling, school shooting

Wed-Sun (2/7-11/2018) Cash-starved military gets funds but budget deal shows high cost of bipartisanship

February 11, 2018 by Richard Schulman 1 Comment

Schumer and McConnell (AP photo - J. Scott Applewhite)

The Washington Times, as they say, nails it: “Budget deal shows high cost of bipartisanship. Few things produce bipartisanship more than spending other people’s money.” The newspaper continues: This week’s deal to add $320 billion to the deficit over the next 20 months and set the stage for $1.8 trillion more in deficits over the […]

Filed Under: budget  Tagged: Andrew McCarthy, FBI, financial repression, Grassley-Graham memo, House Financial Services Committee, Hugh Hewitt, Justice Department, money market funds, Nunes memo, second special counsel, Senator McConnell, stock market correction, Trump-Russian collusion story

Immigration fight: US to be Founders’ constitutional republic or Democrats’ Brave New World welfare state?

January 26, 2018 by Richard Schulman Leave a Comment

Former Hillary Clinton campaign manager John Podesta, arms extended in "I'm here to save the world" gesture

In a previous Founders Broadsheet we outlined the contours of what we consider a good US immigration policy would look like. We said that among the qualifications that should be demanded of permanent residents eligible to become citizens would be a “cultural background likely to adapt well to life in the US and its laws” […]

Filed Under: Immigration  Tagged: Angelo Codevilla, California, FBI, Joe diGenova, John Podesta, Justice Department, Obama administration

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